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Journal articles on the topic "Socio-technical change"

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Williams, Susan P., and Catherine Hardy. "Public eProcurement as socio-technical change." Strategic Change 14, no. 5 (2005): 273–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsc.728.

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Kemper, Joya A., and Paul W. Ballantine. "Socio-Technical Transitions and Institutional Change." Journal of Macromarketing 37, no. 4 (June 21, 2017): 381–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0276146717715746.

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Obesity, climate change and poverty are some of the most serious health, environmental and social issues of the 21st century. Current initiatives to address these wicked issues typically focus on the individual and community, with social marketing being a common tool. However, the effectiveness of social marketing in helping to combat these wicked issues has been mixed at best. We use the multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions (MLP) to further our understanding of how macro-social marketing might be used to address the wicked problem of obesity. In doing so, we further conceptualize how formal and informal institutions might contribute to the emerging field of macro-social marketing.
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Weilbach, Lizette, and Machdel Matthee. "Understanding Change from a Socio-technical Perspective." International Journal of Systems and Society 3, no. 1 (January 2016): 80–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijss.2016010106.

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In this paper the authors report on a socio-technical analysis of the change caused by an e-textbook implementation in a secondary school in South Africa. The Punctuated Socio-Technical Change (PSIC) model was considered because it affirms the socio-technical nature of existing educational research on ICT enabled change, and also extends it by recognising the episodic nature of change. On a vertical level the model allowed the authors to identify and distinguish between the factors and events which influenced the change in the organisation on four different levels. On a horizontal level, the model makes the disequilibrium between the socio-technical system components visible as they happen over time. Data was collected during the first phase of action research and analysed using the PSIC model. It is found that, despite the preparatory events leading to the full roll out, as well as the positive affordances of the new technology, the equilibrium of the socio-technical components of the work system was severely disrupted. The technology infrastructure did not support the e-textbook platform and the implementation of more than one platform clearly caused confusion. The experience of the teachers was that they were not offered sufficient support and that the e-textbooks they were expected to use, did not support the teaching and learning task. Consequently, the authors suggested some interventions to stabilise the socio-technical work system, of which some have already realised. As the ST-model used within the PSIC model fails to address the vertical gaps between levels in sufficient detail, the authors intend to apply ANT in future research to overcome this shortcoming.
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Rouse, William B., and Nicoleta Serban. "Understanding change in complex socio-technical systems." Information Knowledge Systems Management 10, no. 1-4 (2011): 25–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/iks-2012-0184.

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Fischer, Gerhard, and Thomas Herrmann. "Socio-Technical Systems." International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development 3, no. 1 (January 2011): 1–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jskd.2011010101.

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Meta-design of socio-technical systems complies with the need to integrate two types of structures and processes: technical systems, which are engineered to provide anticipatable and reliable interactions between users and systems, and social systems, which are contingent in their interactions and a subject of evolution. Meta-design is focused on objectives, techniques, and processes to allow users to act as designers. It provides, rather than fixed solutions, frameworks within which all stakeholders can contribute to the development of technical functionality and the evolution of the social side, such as organizational change, knowledge construction, and collaborative learning. This paper combines the theoretical framework of meta-design and its underlying principles with the consideration of methodological aspects and practical cases. Five different principles are explored: (1) cultures of participation, (2) empowerment for adaptation and evolution, (3) seeding and evolutionary growth, (4) underdesign of models of socio-technical processes, and (5) structuring of communication. Design collaboratories and knowledge management are used as examples to analyze meta-designed systems representing socio-technical solutions as well as frameworks within which socio-technical solutions can be developed. The combination of theoretical and methodological considerations leads to a set of practical guidelines for meta-designers.
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Lyytinen, Kalle, and Mike Newman. "Explaining information systems change: a punctuated socio-technical change model." European Journal of Information Systems 17, no. 6 (December 2008): 589–613. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2008.50.

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Sørensen, Ole H. "The governance of socio-technical systems: explaining change." European Planning Studies 25, no. 2 (November 3, 2016): 349–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2017.1253326.

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Bednar, Peter, and Christine Elizabeth Welch. "Contextual inquiry and socio-technical practice." Kybernetes 43, no. 9/10 (November 3, 2014): 1310–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/k-07-2014-0156.

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Purpose – During discussions at the ASC 2013 Conference, the authors were stimulated to consider acting, learning and understanding in the context of organizational change, and in particular the relationship between organizational actors and external analysts. The purpose of this paper is to review from a cybernetic perspective how a socio-technical toolbox can help to facilitate organizational change, and to examine issues involved in use of such a toolbox by organizational actors supported by expert analysts. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is conceptual and adopts a critical stance, i.e. to provide support for emancipation of individuals through ownership and control of their own analyses. Findings – Drawing on work by e.g. Bateson, the authors consider organizations as dynamic and complex human activity systems, and how actors can be helped to develop a productive learning “spiral” of acting and reflecting by means of a proposed socio-technical toolbox. Acting and reflecting upon action can be seen to form a “double helix” of learning, leading to richer understandings of contextual dependencies. Engaged actors need support to surface their contextually dependent understandings, individual and collectively and engage in a “dance of change”. Practical implications – Change is endemic in organizational life. When engaging with change activity that attempts to address complexity (as opposed to complicatedness), contextual experts need to be the key decision takers. This means a redistribution not only of responsibility and action but also decision-taking power. Originality/value – The paper suggests augmentation of traditional socio-technical methods to address dynamic complexity.
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Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Gary Massey. "Socio-technical issues in professional translation practice." Translation Spaces 6, no. 1 (October 13, 2017): 104–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ts.6.1.06ehr.

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Abstract According to the International Ergonomics Association, a focus on organizational ergonomics recognizes that people work within socio-technical systems that encompass tools, equipment, and computer interfaces as well as other actors in their professional environment and networks. In recent research, we have started investigating such socio-technical factors from an ergonomic perspective. Observations at professional workplaces, responses to questionnaires, and in-depth interviews with translators suggest that their perceived self-determination is more important to the success of socio-technical change than the technological developments themselves. A lack of involvement in decision-making at the workflow level may explain why so many translators have been resistant to taking new technology on board. We discuss how a feedback culture could mitigate many socio-technical issues by giving translators a voice in change and empowering them to contribute to organizational learning and growth.
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Steghofer, Jan-Philipp. "Change is Afoot: Applying Change Management Theories to Self-Organizing Socio-Technical Systems." IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 36, no. 3 (September 2017): 56–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mts.2017.2728735.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Socio-technical change"

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Taysom, Eloise. "Change or be changed : understanding resilience in socio-technical systems." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/268522.

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The world we live in is increasingly complex, interconnected and unpredictable. We face social and technological challenges, which must be overcome through the maintenance and redesign of existing systems, as well as the design and integration of new systems. Each of these systems has stakeholders at different levels and across domains, from those governing societies, to technical experts working on well-defined tasks. These stakeholders generally want their system to survive, or even thrive, in the face of uncertainty and unexpected influences. To describe this desire, people, from politicians to CEOs, use the word resilience. Resilience is a term that is referred to across domains in academic and public discourse. However, the exact definition of resilience is elusive, and it is not clear how to apply resilience in the context of socio-technical systems. To design resilient systems, we must first be able to answer questions including: Does a resilient system change to accommodate influences or stay the same? If the system changes, where should this change take place? How do we decide which system, or sub-system, to make resilient and at what level of abstraction? In this research I show how we can answer these questions by eliciting, combining and contrasting the perspectives of multiple stakeholders of socio-technical systems. In order to talk to these stakeholders, in interviews and workshops, I had to overcome communication barriers. Communicating about resilience is challenging because the term means different things to different people, both within and across domains. In this research I use diagrams to develop our understanding of resilience as a concept, prompt discussions with stakeholders, represent examples of resilience, and compare stakeholder perspectives across domains. Using these diagrams, I present three characteristics of resilience that have emerged from the literature and empirical studies: resisting, recovering and changing in response to influences. I also show how resilience is framed by stakeholders’ perspectives and depends on how a system’s boundary, purpose and timescale is defined. The characteristics of resilience are related to system dimensions, structure and function, with a focus on the similarities and differences between social and technical sub-systems. This research contributes a new understanding of resilience in the context of design practice, which moves us closer towards being able to design resilient socio-technical systems.
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Mansfield, John. "The nature of change in complex, socio-technical systems /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18950.pdf.

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Rosen, Paul Jonathan. "Modernity, postmodernity and socio-technical change in the British cycle industry and cycling culture." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309359.

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Kimmage, Kevin. "The socio-economic impact of technical change in small-scale irrigation in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318559.

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Goldblatt, David L. "Personal vs. socio-technical change: informing and involving householders for sustainable energy consumption /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2002. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=14758.

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French, Matthew Anthony. "Comfort, control and change : occupant control and the socio-technical construction of thermal comfort in lower socio-economic Argentine dwellings." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609757.

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Ward, Eric D. (Eric Daniel). "A socio-technical systems analysis of change processes in the design of flagship interplanetary missions." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107291.

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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program, Engineering and Management Program, 2016.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-100).
In the engineering of complex systems, changes to flight hardware or software after initial release can have large impacts on project implementation. Even a comparatively small change on an assembly or subsystem can cascade into a significant amount of rework if it propagates through the system. This can happen when a change affects the interfaces with another subsystem, or if it alters the emergent behavior of the system in a significant way, and is especially critical when subsequent work has already been performed utilizing the initial version. These changes can be driven by new or modified requirements leading to changes in scope, design deficiencies discovered during analysis or test, failures during test, and other such mechanisms. In complex system development, changes are managed through engineering change requests (ECRs) that are communicated to affected elements. While the tracking of changes is critical for the ongoing engineering of a complex project, the ECRs can also reveal trends on the system level that could assist with the management of current and future projects. In an effort to identify systematic trends, this research has analyzed ECRs from two different JPL led space mission projects to classify the change activity and assess change propagation. It employs time analysis of ECR initiation throughout the lifecycle, correlates ECR generators with ECR absorbers, and considers the distribution of ECRs across subsystems. The analyzed projects are the planetary rover mission, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), and the Earth-orbiting mission, Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP). This analysis has shown that there is some consistency across these projects with regard to which subsystems generate or absorb change. The relationship of the ECRSubsystem networks identifies subsystems that are absorbers of change and others that are generators of change. For the flight systems, the strongest absorbers of change were found to be avionics and the mechanical structure for the spacecraft bus, and the strongest generators of change were concentrated in the payloads. When this attribute is recognized, project management can attempt to close ECR networks by looking for ways to leverage absorbers and avoid multipliers. Alternatively, in cases where changes to a subsystem are undesirable, knowing whether it is an absorber can greatly assist with expectations and planning. This analysis identified some significant differences between the two projects as well. While SMAP followed a relatively well behaved blossom profile across the project, MSL had an avalanche of change leading to the drastic action of re-baselining the launch date. While the official reasoning for the slip of the launch date is based in technical difficulties, the avalanche profile implies that a snowballing of change may have had a significant impact as well. Furthermore, the complexity metrics applied show that MSL has a more complex nature than SMAP, with 269 ECRs in 65 Parent-Child clusters, opposed to 166 in 53 for SMAP, respectively. The Process Complexity metric confirms this, quantitatively measuring the complexity of MSL at 492, compared to 367 for SMAP. These tools and metrics confirm the intuition that MSL, as a planetary rover, is a more complex space mission than SMAP, an earth orbiter.
by Eric D. Ward.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
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Parnell, Maureen Patricia. "From Gutenberg to Gates : a study of socio-technical change in the Edinburgh printing industry." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2007. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3804.

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Printing has a long and illustrious history as a craft industry. This study explores the effects of technological change on skilled workers in the Edinburgh general printing industry. Three, initially distinct, areas of sociological theory concerning technological change shaped the research questions. These were, firstly, to establish the nature of recent technological change, and what drives it; secondly, to explore managers' decision-making in relation to such changes; and thirdly, to understand how workers' experiences of work, and their relationships at work, have changed with these changes in technology. My findings are based on three waves of investigations carried out over fifteen years, using responses from both managerial and shop-floor staff in five selected companies. This was done initially through questionnaires and later through semi-structured interviews. At Wave One (1991-92), most companies had made initial changes towards sophisticated computerisation, which had become embedded by Wave Two (1996-97). By Wave Three (2005-06) there was an ongoing programme of continual updating of these established systems constrained by the need to maintain compatibility with the computer systems used by customers due to the global hegemony of computer manufacturers. However, the effects upon workers were unexpected. Computerised typesetting programs inevitably brought deskilling, but original skills, learnt and used by workers over many years of rapidly changing technology, did remain relevant, and the acquisition of new skills associated with computerisation was regarded favourably. The most significant change for workers was the increased pressure resulting from a close relationship with customers, with vastly reduced time allowed for each job, and some erosion of workers' capacity (and managers') to produce work which satisfied their own standards of quality. The three, originally separate, themes converged to show that the particular nature of computerised technology used in this sector of the printing industry has led to a change in the traditional capitalist production relationship. These workers were not alienated, their skills had not been entirely lost, as neo-Marxist labour process theory would suggest. Rather, relationships between managers and these skilled shop-floor workers were characterised by mutual respect and understanding of the need for collaboration, not conflict, in the face of external hostile pressures.
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Healey, Gerard Patrick, and Gerard healey@arup com au. "Fostering technologies for sustainability: Improving Strategic Niche Management as a guide for action using a case study of wind power in Australia." RMIT University. Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2008. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080731.141738.

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Society is making increasing efforts to become more sustainable by fostering new technologies such as renewable energy. Often, there are significant challenges to introducing new technologies because existing infrastructure, institutions, social groupings, and behaviours have co-evolved with and consequently support incumbent technologies - a condition known as lock-in. To support efforts to introduce new technologies, researchers have developed conceptual frameworks that aim to increase our understanding of socio-technical change. One promising framework is Strategic Niche Management (SNM); however despite its strength as an ex post analytical tool, SNM has yet to be used to guide experiments with new technologies. This thesis aims to make SNM more usable for those introducing new technologies by responding to four weaknesses identified in existing literature: a weak link between the conceptual framework and action, the vague role of actors, an inadequate appreciation of issues of consensus and limits of influence, and an inadequate appreciation of the challenges that actors may face. This is achieved by identifying promising insights and testing them on a case study of wind power in Australia. The literature review identifies dynamics that have been linked to positive feedbacks in the development of new technologies and socio-technical change. These are: stimulating demand, increasing use, learning and articulation, increasing functionality, decreasing costs, decreasing uncertainty, embedding and alignment, increasing legitimacy, attracting actors, and strengthening expectations and visions. These dynamics can be used to provide a better link between theory and action. The review also identifies particular actor roles - such as niche manager, macro actor, prime mover, and dedicated network builder - and actions that actors in these roles may take. These roles and actions are linked to the dynamics. Also reviewed are issues related to consensus and limits of influence; a particularly useful concept in this regard is resource interdependency. Finally, the review identifies challenges to encouraging the dynamics aimed at helping actors to anticipate problems in the introduction of new technologies. T he relevance of this approach and applicability of these insights are tested with a case study of wind power in Australia. The case study explains changes related to grid-connected wind power in Australia between about 1997 and 2007. There was significant socio-technical change: for example, installed grid-connected wind farm capacity grew from about 1 MW to almost 900 MW, an industry and industry association formed, there were unprecedented changes in energy policy, new high-level actor groups formed to oversee the grid-integration of wind power, Governments amended planning schemes, and public opinion was increasingly articulated. The dynamics identified in the literature review were all relevant to wind power. The study provides examples of the actors that can encourage these dynamics and how they might do so. Most challenges identified in the literature review were relevant to wind power and possible strategies for managing them were identified. Also revealed were challenges in transitional strategies, legitimacy of the technology and consensus. These findings are discussed in detail. These findings are intended to help actors foster technologies for sustainability.
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Kisling, Eric Lance. "An implementation of information technological change a socio-technical systems methodology perspective at the Black Chemical Company /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3215190.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Instructional Systems Technology, 2006.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-04, Section: A, page: 1301. Adviser: Thomas M. Schwen. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 14, 2007)."
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Books on the topic "Socio-technical change"

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Hommels, Anique. Unbuilding cities: Obduracy in urban socio-technical change. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2006.

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Borrás, Susana, and Jakob Edler. The governance of socio-technical systems: Explaining change. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2014.

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Badham, Richard. Power assisted steering: The new princes of socio-technical change. Leicester: De Montfort University, Leicester Business School, 1996.

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Complex socio-technical systems: Understanding and influencing the causality of change. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2012.

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Jan, Beekman Geert, ed. Tools for change & progress: A socio-technical approach to business process re-engineering. Leiden, Netherlands: CSG, 1994.

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An urban politics of climate change: Experimentation and the governing of socio-technical transitions. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

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Kaufmann, Lena. Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China. NL Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789463729734.

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How do rural Chinese households deal with the conflicting pressures of migrating into cities to work as well as staying at home to preserve their fields? This is particularly challenging for rice farmers, because paddy fields have to be cultivated continuously to retain their soil quality and value. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and written sources, Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China describes farming households' strategic solutions to this predicament. It shows how, in light of rural-urban migration and agro-technological change, they manage to sustain both migration and farming. It innovatively conceives rural households as part of a larger farming community of practice that spans both staying and migrating household members and their material world. Focusing on one exemplary resource - paddy fields - it argues that socio-technical resources are key factors in understanding migration flows and migrant-home relations. Overall, this book provides rare insights into the rural side of migration and farmers' knowledge and agency.
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Bernard, Grabot, Mayère Anne, and Bazet Isabelle, eds. ERP systems and organisational change: A socio-technical insight. London: Springer, 2008.

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Grabot, Bernard, Anne Mayère, and Isabelle Bazet. ERP Systems and Organisational Change: A Socio-technical Insight. Springer, 2010.

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Ulli-Beer, Silvia. Dynamic Governance of Energy Technology Change: Socio-technical transitions towards sustainability. Springer, 2016.

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Book chapters on the topic "Socio-technical change"

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Wessels, Bridgette. "Cultural Forms and Socio-Technical Change." In Understanding the Internet, 30–46. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-07026-5_3.

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Mumford, Enid. "An ethical approach: socio-technical design." In Systems Design Ethical Tools for Ethical Change, 64–78. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14199-9_5.

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Ulli-Beer, Silvia. "Conceptual Grounds of Socio-Technical Transitions and Governance." In Dynamic Governance of Energy Technology Change, 19–47. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39753-0_2.

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Nieto–Gómez, Rodrigo. "Ctrl + Alt + Del: Rebooting Immigration Policies Through Socio-technical Change." In Undecided Nation, 271–91. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06480-2_13.

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Van Cleuvenbergen, Silke, and Gaston Meskens. "New Humanism: A Vital Component of Sustainable Socio-technical Change." In Bio#Futures, 545–60. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64969-2_24.

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O’Hara, Margaret T., C. Bruce Kavan, and Richard T. Watson. "Information Systems Implementation and Organisational Change: A Socio-Technical Systems Approach." In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 149–59. London: Springer London, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0411-7_14.

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Gershuny, Jonathan. "Technical Change and the Work/Leisure Balance: A New System of Socio-economic Accounts." In Technology and Economic Progress, 181–215. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19655-5_8.

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Munkvold, Bjørn Erik. "Tracing the Roots: The Influence of Socio-Technical Principles on Modern Organisational Change Practices." In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 13–25. London: Springer London, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0411-7_2.

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Ryghaug, Marianne, and Tomas Moe Skjølsvold. "Catering for Socio-technical Transformations: Rethinking Technology Policy for Inclusive Transformation." In Pilot Society and the Energy Transition, 93–112. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61184-2_4.

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AbstractThis chapter zooms out from looking at concrete pilot projects to looking more broadly at the implications of discussions on pilot projects as sites of politics. We discuss how such a perspective might feed into the work of innovators, funding bodies and the making of broader technology policy agendas. The chapter highlights the great potential in pilot projects as a mode of innovation for energy transitions, but bring to the fore the way such innovation activities often take on traditional and technology-centred characteristics. We argue that there is a need to change not only the ways that projects are funded to ensure diverse scientific participation. It is equally important to challenge the underlying assumptions and questions asked in pilot activities, as well as the goals of such energy transition activities. This entails a distributed agenda, where actors across the ecology of innovation share responsibilities for moving towards more just, democratic and humane modes of experimenting for sustainability.
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Meyer, Torsten. "A New Sujet/Subject for Art Education." In Post-Digital, Post-Internet Art and Education, 131–45. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73770-2_8.

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AbstractFor some years now, fundamental ideas of newer theoretical trends in the context of Actor Network Theory have been leaking into the minds of that generation of (post-internet) artists who no longer regard the radical change in the socio-technical conditions of digital media cultures as something special or new. These trends are also leaking into the theories of the subject and thus also into the theory(s) of art education. This coincides with the assumption that the humanistic conception of the human individual as a subject, and the associated understanding of education in modernity, no longer matches neither with the artistic practices based on collaborative networked socio-technical processes that can be observed in the post-internet culture. Therefore, changing mediality leads to changing subjectivity.
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Conference papers on the topic "Socio-technical change"

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Brier, J. "Problem frames for socio-technical systems: predictability and change." In "1st International Workshop on Advances and Applications of Problem Frames (IWAAPF 2004)" W4S Workshop - 26th International Software Engineering. IEE, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic:20040220.

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New, K., J. Devine, T. Woodcock, S. Beck, J. Finney, M. Hazas, N. Banks, K. Smith, and T. Bailey. "Energy in schools: promoting global change through socio technical deployments." In Living in the Internet of Things (IoT 2019). Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp.2019.0148.

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Friedman, Charles, and Kevin Sullivan. "Introduction to the Learning Health Systems, Big Data, and Socio-technical Change Minitrack." In 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2015.374.

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Marat-Mendes, Teresa, and João Cunha Borges. "The role of food in re-imagining the city." In 55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress, Beyond Metropolis, Jakarta-Bogor, Indonesia. ISOCARP, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.47472/dzri9995.

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Humanity is now believed to live in a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, as changes have been reported on the atmosphere, air, water, and soil, but also on societal perceptions of these issues. This presentation departs from the theoretical assumption that the impact of the abovementioned changes on culture and the environment have not yet found a stable influence on urban planning. This presentation overviews the implications of the food system within urban planning while considering it as a socio-technical system which integrates production, distribution, transformation, consumption and disposal patterns. The production phase of the food system in particular, emerges as a fundamental planning challenge, extending to urban form solutions, individual behaviours, dietary regimes, inequalities in foodsheds planning, and the cultural capital of food. Accordingly, the food system emerges here as an opportunity to identify how current urban fabrics of cities and their rural and regional hinterlands can be transformed in terms of their metabolic function and respond to the needs of people and the environment. To do so, this presentation introduces the preliminary results of an analysis conducted by an ongoing research project SPLACH – Spatial Planning for Change, at two particular scales: the region and the neighbourhood. Thus, while focusing in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), in Portugal, we provide an analysis of the Regional Plan as well as of specific residential neighbourhoods located in LMA, regarding the relationship between the food system functioning and urban planning approaches. The analysis includes a comparative number of case studies which differ in urban form solutions, socio-economic conditions, but also geographical location. The results support the request for a stronger integration of the above-identified underexplored topics of the food system within urban planning, which will be fundamental to inform a new theory of the city that makes any serious contribution towards a sustainability transition.
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Bayati, Shahab. "Effect of Newcomers' Supportive Strategies on Open Source Projects Socio-Technical Activities." In 2019 IEEE/ACM 12th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/chase.2019.00020.

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Malinen, P., V. Pirhonen, I. Kosonen, and A. Alku. "Three-level perspective for analyzing changes in socio-technical regimes - case electric mobility." In 2013 Eighth International Conference and Exhibition on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER 2013). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ever.2013.6521551.

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Sarker, Farhana, Bogdan Vasilescu, Kelly Blincoe, and Vladimir Filkov. "Socio-Technical Work-Rate Increase Associates With Changes in Work Patterns in Online Projects." In 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icse.2019.00099.

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Wattie, J. "Reducing Latent Failure and Securing Productivity in High Risk Systems Using High Reliability Theory." In SPE Energy Resources Conference. SPE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/spe-169932-ms.

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Abstract This is a study that represents ongoing academic research into the folds of perception, organizational culture and high reliability. In the shadow of persistent industrial failures it is probable that problems with operational safety reside in abnormalities of culture. Such cultural apparitions regularly fuel failure in high risk technologies making innovation rather unreliable. As innovation grows it is worth the effort to investigate further how resilience in the face of eternal socio-technical biases can be improved. Problem solving approaches offer regressive ideas that increase the chances of deviation and the appearace of disasters. The assumption is that resilience can be improved in critical operations using High Reliability Theory (HRT). Moreover HRT is more robust when the new constructive method of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is applied. This early study shows that existing safety culture in a highly reliable group is positively transformed by AI and makes a more productive organization feasible. Research was conducted from the characteristic insider perspective. A small section of a highly reliable organization was sampled. Using ethnographic methodology feedback from electronic surveying collected personal responses for discussion. While individual interviews proved difficult and the sample group was small there was enough evidence to acknowledge the influence of positive revolution. This study had two major findings a) Using AI methodology stimulates positive, resilient feelings in members and b) members readily used these positive experience to envision a more productive organization. This study can potentially reduce over emphasis on problem solving methods to explain and change the human factors associated with failure. Cultural factors are better studied and modified by positive influence. The study here makes way for more persuasive academic discussion on resilience by constructivist perspectives. High reliability organizations are more sustainably designed on positive principles.
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Boychenko, Kristina. "Re-defining the Role of Interactive Architecture in Social Relationships." In International Conference on the 4th Game Set and Match (GSM4Q-2019). Qatar University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/gsm4q.2019.0016.

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With rapid advance of new technologies and mediated built space has shifted from a static context of functions serving users to a new participant of social relationships. Interactive abilities and computational power allow built space to become smart, dynamic, and interactive, gaining agency, able to receive information and think, perceive and learn, respond and change behavior in real time. This paper considers architectural components and users as participants of a social network and investigates their agency within this network, modes of interaction and how the components of this system influence each other. Perception of space within or outside of the building body has become a derivative of interaction between the space and the users, and therefore subject to design and programming by architects. The principal goal of this paper is to investigate the new definition of social role of interactive architecture and explain how it communicates with users, investigate the new properties it has and how does it influence users' behavior and space awareness. It reveals the importance of bi-directional communication between society and interactive environment. Interactive space works as a mirror, reflecting social and cultural context, or a double-sided mirror allowing interactive environment to observe users and decide how to act in accordance with these observations. Within the framework of this discourse, architectural components and people are treated as agents of one socio-technical network with equal rights and agency. It considers both human and non-human elements equally as actors within a network, employing the same analytical and descriptive methodology to all actors within a heterogeneous network.
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Kozłowski, Aleksander, Tomasz W. Siwowski, and Tomasz Kozłowski. "Low-cost affordable single family housing in Poland. Light steel frame as an alternative construction solution." In IABSE Congress, New York, New York 2019: The Evolving Metropolis. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/newyork.2019.0228.

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<p>Conventional single family houses in Poland are being built in the improved traditional construction technology with massive load-bearing structure created by masonry walls made of ceramic , silicate or aerated concrete blocks, concrete foundations, concrete rib-and-slab floor and pitched timber or concrete flat roof. Expanded polystyrene and mineral wool are being used as thermal insulation. Such solution is very time- consuming and costly due to more and more expensive manpower. The change in economy from communism to free market caused the beginning of modern thinking about construction technology for family house to be light, eco-friendly, innovative and low-cost. The definition of the term “affordable” in relation to single family housing, as well as the socio-economical background for the low-cost housing in Poland is presented. The paper presents proposal of low-cost family house construction built in light steel frame technology. The supporting structure is composed of steel frame made of cold-formed galvanized C shape profiles. Externally the steel frame is covered with cement bonded particle boards, covered with polystyrene insulation and finishing coat according to ETICS system. From the inside the steel frame is covered with plasterboards. The main thermal insulation of the building is created by mineral wool filling the interior spaces of walls, ceiling and roof panels. Comparison of the total construction costs of a 136 sq m building made in light steel frame technology with buildings of identical dimensions made in other, popular and available traditional technologies showed that a steel technology is approx. 10-20 percent cheaper. The paper presents also the comparison of the low-cost model steel structure houses worked out in Czech Republic, Portugal, Romania and Brazil, including technical parameters, structure type and cost of erection.</p>
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Reports on the topic "Socio-technical change"

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Boff, Kenneth R. Understanding and Managing Causality of Change in Socio-Technical Systems II. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, January 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada535788.

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Boff, Kenneth R. Understanding and Managing Causality of Change in Socio-Technical Systems 3. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, January 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada554162.

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Field, Adrian. Menzies School Leadership Incubator: Insights. Australian Council for Educational Research, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-637-6.

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The Menzies School Leadership Incubator (the Incubator) is a national trans-disciplinary initiative to design, test and learn about transformative innovations that will support lasting systems change in Australian schools’ leadership. This review explores the successes, challenges and learning from work in the Incubator to date, from the perspective of a collaborative seeking longstanding systems change. The design of the review is informed by thinking in the innovation literature, principally communities of practice and socio-technical systems theory. This review was undertaken as a rapid exploration of experiences and learning, drawing on interviews with eight individuals from within the Incubator (six interviews) and collaborating partners (two interviews).
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Chiavassa, Nathalie, and Raphael Dewez. Technical Note on Road Safety in Haiti. Inter-American Development Bank, January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003250.

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The IDB has been a predominant partner supporting Haiti development efforts for many years. Nowadays, the IDB is the main source of investment for the country. Considering the vital weight of road transport sector in the socio-economy of the country, the IDB has concentrated a large part of investment efforts in rehabilitating and improving national road infrastructures. In the same time, a rapid increase of motorization and relatively higher speeds have contributed to increasing the number of traffic fatalities and injuries. In 2017, road injuries were the fifth cause of mortality in Haiti. The Road Safety situation of the country is preoccupying with many Vulnerable Road Users involved, in particular pedestrians and motorcyclists. The country is facing multi-sector challenges to address this Road Safety situation. Despite recent efforts, high political will has not been continuous in promoting a multi-sector coordination and the success of technical efforts remained mitigated over the last years. Road user awareness is still weak in the country. Risk factors include dangerous driving, bad safety conditions of vehicles, together with limited law enforcement and poor maintenance of safety devices on the roads. In this context, the Road Safety situation of the country may be getting worse in the coming years if no action is taken. However, the new Decade provides with a unique opportunity to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including significant progress in reducing the burden of traffic crashes. The IDB has already initiated vital investments in modernizing crash data collection, promoting institutional dialogue and supporting capacity building in the area of Road Safety. Future actions to address Road Safety challenges in Haiti in the framework of the five UN five pillars would require a range of investments in the area of political commitment, institutional coordination and technical efforts. A change of political paradigm from making roads for travelling faster to making roads safer for all users is highly needed at national level. This technical note on Road Safety in Haiti present the current situation of the country and provides with recommendations for future actions on Road Safety.
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Verburg, Peter H., Žiga Malek, Sean P. Goodwin, and Cecilia Zagaria. The Integrated Economic-Environmental Modeling (IEEM) Platform: IEEM Platform Technical Guides: User Guide for the IEEM-enhanced Land Use Land Cover Change Model Dyna-CLUE. Inter-American Development Bank, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003625.

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The Conversion of Land Use and its Effects modeling framework (CLUE) was developed to simulate land use change using empirically quantified relations between land use and its driving factors in combination with dynamic modeling of competition between land use types. Being one of the most widely used spatial land use models, CLUE has been applied all over the world on different scales. In this document, we demonstrate how the model can be used to develop a multi-regional application. This means, that instead of developing numerous individual models, the user only prepares one CLUE model application, which then allocates land use change across different regions. This facilitates integration with the Integrated Economic-Environmental Modeling (IEEM) Platform for subnational assessments and increases the efficiency of the IEEM and Ecosystem Services Modeling (IEEMESM) workflow. Multi-regional modelling is particularly useful in larger and diverse countries, where we can expect different spatial distributions in land use changes in different regions: regions of different levels of achieved socio-economic development, regions with different topographies (flat vs. mountainous), or different climatic regions (dry vs humid) within a same country. Accounting for such regional differences also facilitates developing ecosystem services models that consider region specific biophysical characteristics. This manual, and the data that is provided with it, demonstrates multi-regional land use change modeling using the country of Colombia as an example. The user will learn how to prepare the data for the model application, and how the multi-regional run differs from a single-region simulation.
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